Florence Meyerheim
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Florence Meyerheim was a British illustrator of children's books. She was born in Barton upon Irwell. She illustrated books by a group of contemporary authors who were associated with the Religious Tract Society
, the Sunday School Union and publisher Andrew Melrose
, one of the first being W.E. Cule's Three Little Wise Men and the Star (1896). She illustrated children’s books by Mrs S.G Arnold, Gertrude Doughty, Blanche Atkinson, Grace Carlton, Charles M. Sheldon, Ada J. Graves
, Mrs Henry Clarke, Charlotte Nye, Edith L. Elias and others. A reviewer of the The New Playfellow by Gertrude E. M. Vaughan (1901), commented “The illustrations this time are so charming that their author must be named, Florence Meyerheim.” She also illustrated contemporary editions of Tom Brown's Schooldays
and Oliver Twist
.
Religious Tract Society
The Religious Tract Society, founded 1799, 56 Paternoster Row and 65 St. Paul's Chuchyard, was the original name of a major British publisher of Christian literature intended initially for evangelism, and including literature aimed at children, women, and the poor.The RTS is also notable for being...
, the Sunday School Union and publisher Andrew Melrose
Andrew Melrose Publisher
Andrew Melrose was a British publisher. Although he was noted for publishing theological works, he was also active in promoting new fiction, and offered a substantial cash prize for the best first novel submitted to his firm....
, one of the first being W.E. Cule's Three Little Wise Men and the Star (1896). She illustrated children’s books by Mrs S.G Arnold, Gertrude Doughty, Blanche Atkinson, Grace Carlton, Charles M. Sheldon, Ada J. Graves
Ada J. Graves
Ada J. Graves was a British children’s writer. She was born in Benares, Bengal, the daughter of James Speed Graves and Charlotte Graves. In 1881 her family was living in Midlothian, Scotland....
, Mrs Henry Clarke, Charlotte Nye, Edith L. Elias and others. A reviewer of the The New Playfellow by Gertrude E. M. Vaughan (1901), commented “The illustrations this time are so charming that their author must be named, Florence Meyerheim.” She also illustrated contemporary editions of Tom Brown's Schooldays
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Tom Brown's Schooldays is a novel by Thomas Hughes. The story is set at Rugby School, a public school for boys, in the 1830s; Hughes attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842...
and Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to...
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